Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

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To: BAF DIS
From: Captain John Khatri

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This is Captain John Khatri reporting about a battle that took place in the New London System yesterday, amidst the Kensington - Planet New London lane.

The battle had been lasting for some time already when reinforcements were called from Cambridge. I happened to be aboard the HMS Avalon, in Cambridge, and in command of the ship. The contacts were reported as "Cultists". I arrived at the scene and made sure to advise all traffic to stay away from the trade lane, explaining that it is, in fact, a military exercise. I had to make us a cover because a reckless LSF captain of a Liberty battlecruiser said, in system channel, that there was a Wilde infestation. By the way, we were being heavily aided by Liberty in our battle. There were both our own and Libertonian capital vessels at the site.

When the Avalon arrived, our enemies were two Cultist carriers, one of which was mobile and armed to the teeth, and a Cultist Corvo-class. Their armament features, roughly, are as follows:
Mobile carrier (Beta Delta): A number of 360° Manticore Beam Cannons, ~6 Heavy Trebuchets (all of which it could fire in a very quick succession) and two unknown missiles, which were not especially damaging, albeit bothersome. It could not fire any of its Heavy Trebuchets backwards. Very strong armour -- it took a whole fleet to destroy it. Dodges well. Shield weak, but brings itself back up after being down, to 100%, after about 5 seconds.
Stationary carrier (Drone Carrier): Same, but without the Heavy Trebuchets. Cannot dodge, no shield.
Corvo (VS-00013): A pair(?) of Heavy Trebuchets, both of which it could fire. A number of Nova torpedo launchers, all of which it could fire in a salvo. Apparently lacked stern coverage. Maneuverable, has a cloaking device, but no shield. The Sovereign's cloak disruptor did nor work on the cloaking device.

The battle was a ranged shootout at first, and we suffered losses. But then I noticed the mobile carrier was never firing its Trebuchets backwards, and I steered the Avalon, in cruise, to exploit that. We were in cruise in order to quickly pass through their powerful front battery coverage. This was successful and not only that, but as a beam of theirs penetrated our shield and hit the hull, it gave a kick-start to our reactor after cruising, and our energy was full immediately. The rest of the fleet soon followed us. The carrier was very well armoured, but they could not withstand our combined pressure and they were destroyed. After that we destroyed the stationary carrier, to which we were able to approach frontally without receiving significant damage. After that we managed to catch the Corvo off guard (it had, apparently tried to ambush us instead, uncloaking) and seemed to have destroyed it, but the ship suddenly flew very far away as soon as our scanner registered their hull as breached. I have no confirmation that they were also destroyed.

There are two notable incidents that took place. Firstly, during the battle, a Coalition reserve fleet battlecruiser, called the CPW-Korolev, lingered near the site. Having the terms of our NAP in mind, I ordered them to leave Bretonia, twice, to which they did not comply. Thus, I gave the fleet the green light to destroy the ship, which they did. The Avalon stayed disengaged and monitoring the area for possible Cultist surprise attacks.

The second took place after the battle. We had placed a number of probes over the site to scan the Cultist ships and monitor their behaviour, as well as scan for any usable remains. A Molly Clydesdale by the name of Hornblower stole them. I asked the captain, mentioning the pace negotiations we have with the Mollies, to return the probes. This they refused and added, I quote: "Oh pish-posh, if I got a lump of gold every time I hear rubbish like this I'd have my own field." We lost contact with them and did not see them again.

However, when I moored the Avalon with Kensington for resupplying and repairs, I noticed that the cargo hold was suddenly loaded. Apparently it contained some of our probes, worth precisely 520 units -- coincidentally, as much as a Clydesdale could carry. There was also a very mysterious box-shaped, metallic object, that I have not seen before and which we will need to have inspected. I do not know how this suddenly materialized in the cargo hold nor if it truly materialized, nor what happened with the Hornblower. But, what is relevant is that we have the probes and the data they have recorded. We could use this for technological advancement. It has been transferred to Winchester.

As a sidenote, I would like to mention that the primary battery staff, which is at the bow of the ship and was usually the closest to the Cultists, is experiencing mild radiation poisoning. They are expected to be healthy by tomorrow, but this is still worth mentioning and a hazard that should be prevented.


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जॉन खत्री
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